The 4-foot, 8-inch geneticist

People with a condition might actually have a harder time relating to patient’s with the same.
We have a peds neurologist with cerebral palsey (spastic diplegia, minimal upper extremity involvement and only very slight dysarthria) who specializes in CP care.
She greatly overutilizes her personal anecdote (n=1) as the benchmark of her patients should function. Just ask her, and the answer is that there is no reason why anyone who is willing to put in the effort cannot meet her expectations. Her level of empathy extends only so far as people can achieve to her level.